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From OGs link - I'm not surprised Chinese is No1 but I was expecting Indian to be higher in the mix, I guess they have so many different dialects it moved them down.
I admire anyone with multiple (spoken) language skills as I am incapable of learning more than my milk language 
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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No... not the fact that the US team didn't qualify for 2018.
No... not the fact that most Americans don't give a damn about soccer.
I'm watching some local (Chicago) news show this morning and hear this:
Talking Head - "Now we're turning to our sports reporter Steve who wants to gloat about the UK's World Cup team that is doing quite well. Tell us Steve, does the British team have a chance at winning it all this year?"
Steve - "Errr... Ummmm..."
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OK - I have no idea why this is embarrassing. From what I have heard the English teams paint has been drying faster, and their grass has been growing longer, than their opponents. So what is the issue?
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended.
I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended.
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like.
Dave
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I would guess it is the mixing of UK and British regarding teams when the fact is neither actually have a team in the WC. England does but that is not the same as Britain and the UK. There are no teams specifically for Britain and the UK.
Again - just guessing.
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And somebody thinks that Americans are going to make that distinction? 
Hell - I'm Canadian and I didn't pick up on it.
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I am rather surprised that more people are not aware of this. I guess I just read a bit more than most.
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Last time I was in the USA they were showing a lot of games on TV from both the English and Scottish leagues, so I'm pretty sure they should be aware that in football England and Scotland are totally separate [bar the ood anomoly - Berwick Rangers].
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Your guess is correct.
I'd prefer the media not even mention anything they are so obviously ignorant about. Then again, maybe it was the fact that this particular talking head is a twit.
modified 25-Jun-18 16:00pm.
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Mike Mullikin wrote: the media not even mention anything they are so obviously ignorant about
Logic loop - how can she not talk about something she doesn't know about if she doesn't know enough about it to not know she doesn't know? Ya know?
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended.
I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended.
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like.
Dave
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I watched them play against Panama. They even scored a couple of times.
They buy shoes, then they wear them! They make them sound old! Dairy! Dairy!
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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Stable Genius wrote: They
Hint: These is no UK team or British team. There is a team from England however.
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If a cockerel stares at lettuce, is that chicken sees a salad?
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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These thoughts are beekoming a bit birdensome.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Alternatively an epileptic cockerel staring at lettuce would be a chicken seizure salad?
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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Sorry Griff - this one just doesn't fly. I would say that it really laid an egg but even that is impossible.
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended.
I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended.
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like.
Dave
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DRHuff wrote: doesn't fly
Dodo you really mean that?
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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This post is cluck-bait, I had to look at it, feather I wanted to or not.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I definitely wouldn't crow about that one.
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That salad of conjecture.
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Paint blue circles on my eyelids and try not to snore.
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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You forgot the hanger...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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When I feel sleepy or otherwise unproductive I used to walk outside (we have a nice green park) for a few minutes...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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Seconded. A change of scenery and a chance to process can also work wonders when you're getting "writer's block".
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli
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